Lab

Ngai Lab

Lab ID
ZDB-LAB-000515-1
PI / Directory
Ngai, John
Contact Person
Ngai, John
Email
jngai@socrates.berkeley.edu
URL
http://mcb.berkeley.edu/faculty/NEU/ngaij.html
Address
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology University of California 269 Life Sciences Addition Berkeley, CA 94720-3200 USA
Country
United States
Phone
(510) 642-9885
Fax
(510) 643-2685
Line Designation
bk
Genomic Features
Statement of Research Interest
Olfaction presents an interesting and complex problem in perception: how does the olfactory apparatus of vertebrates detect and discriminate thousands of odors? Our approach to elucidating the mechanisms of olfactory discrimination involves the characterization of odorant receptors and the neural pathways that they activate. We are also interested in the developmental mechanisms responsible for specifying odorant receptor expression in olfactory neurons and the pathfinding of these cells' axons to their appropriate targets.
Lab Members
Williams, Tyler Graduate Student Brunet, Lisa Research Staff Chen, Eric Research Staff
Zebrafish Publications of lab members